Charging an Electric Car with a 4kW Off Grid system and an Electric Tractor with a 16kWh Salvaged Volt Battery

18 months ago I bought a Chevy Bolt for about 1/2 off sticker price. The Bolt has been awesome with the sole exception that I

Longtail Cargobikes, plus how to MAKE one

I have loved longtail cargobikes ever since I first saw them. The cargo-racks and bags behind the rider can carry stuff, and that makes them

Charging Your Ebike batteries with a Variable Voltage Power Supply

Here is an article that you will absolutely never see on any other normal ebike blog site. For the last year or so I have

The Gentleman’s Guide to Guerrilla Electric Car Charging

I spend a lot of time on car blog sites which are frequented with comments like “I’ll never buy an electric car because it costs

The Serial-1 Ebikes from Harley Davidson.

Harley Davidson decided to commission a line of electric bicycles a while ago, and I decided it was about time to write about them. A

The surprising popularity of 20-inch Fat Tires

I went to the Interbike convention back in 2015 (to see that article, click here), and that was the first year I saw manufacturers advertising

Leafbike 1500W hubmotor, the mid-sized hot rod.

Leafbike has been producing a direct drive hubmotor that has earned a place of respect with electric bike enthusiasts, and I decided it’s time to

Ford and GM making electric conversion “crate engines”

There was a lot of buzz about GM doing this last year, but I read that the motor they were using was from the small

GM Providing Electric Delivery Vans to FedEx

This is news, because General Motors is big, and they already have experience with hybrids and pure electric vehicles. Many others have added a few

Power Station sizing and buying guide

There has been a veritable plethora of new power stations that are for sale as the interest in them has grown rapidy over the last

7 Electric Taco Bikes with Full Suspension

Back in October of 2019, we saw that the “mini-bike” style of frame was really catching on, and we high-lighted 10 models so readers could

Autoflight Aviation from China is selling hybrid VTOL electric cargo drones

I know this is starting to look like we are turning into an electric aviation magazine, but…electric aircraft are on the cutting edge of new

Pyka moves up from E-drones to Airplanes

Pyka Started with un-manned electric drones that can perform crop-dusting duties, and now they are moving up to small passenger and cargo aircraft. Pyka is

DHL buys 12 Eviation E-Planes for Cargo

Back in January of 2020, we wrote about all of the new prototype electric aircraft that were being tested (to see that article, click here)

Kevin’s Suzuki DR650, QS motor with 5-speed gearbox!

Kevin lives in a very hilly part of Georgia, and he just completed this conversion of a Suzuki DR650 from gas to electric. That by

12 Ebikes that use a hubmotor as a non-hub

A direct drive hubmotor is affordable, simple, and robust. However, they turn at the same low speed as the drive-wheel. Electric motors perform best at

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